Re: [registrars] Proposed Ballots

["Joyce Lin" <joyce@007names.com>]

It is a very sensible amendment.

Joyce Lin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>
To: <registrars@dnso.org>
Cc: <ebroitman@register.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 9:23 PM
Subject: RE: [registrars] Proposed Ballots


> > Same here Rob. I had earlier considered attempting to put together an 
> > amendment to this motion
> 
> Elana, I'd like to put forward the following as a friendly amendmentto
> your earlier motion...
> 
> Members of the GNSO Registrar Constituency continue to see abuse of
> public Whois databases by spammers, hijackers and  others intending to
> obtain registrant contact data through  automated or otherwise
> high-volume means for inappropriate purposes.  This raises significant
> privacy, technical and operational concerns for consumers, privacy
> advocates, registrars and registries.  At the same time, the Registrar
> Constituency recognizes that there may be a number of  legitimate
> reasons why key stakeholders may seek to obtain  this same contact
> information through sanctioned means. 
> 
> In order to ensure an appropriate balance for all interests, the
> Registrar Constituency proposes that the GNSO Council's Privacy Task
> Force review privacy concerns related to the Whois protocol, service and
> contractual data provisioning requirements for ICANN gTLD registrars and
> registries and make recommendations to limit the availability of such
> data only to legitimate interests and uses, protect it from unauthorized
> use and review whether or not the Whois protocol and service itself may
> be better replaced by a more appropriate alternative.
> 
> [] I support the statement as a formal position of the Registrar
> Constituency; 
> [] I  do not support the statement as a formal position of the Registrar
> Consituency; 
> [] Abstain. 
> 
> PS - are we gonna vote on any of this anytime soon? I'm getting ballot
> withdrawal. :)
> 
> -rwr
> 
>